How healthy is
Whychus Creek? page 9
Garden was a star
during Quilt Show page 15
The Nugget
Vol. XXXVIII No. 29
Fire on west side threw up
smoke over Sisters page 23
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
A dazzling display of classic cars
Crossing
preserved
in creek
restoration
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
Nothing draws a crowd
like Sisters’ annual Glory
Daze Car Show. And last
Saturday under sunny skies,
Main Avenue was closed off
so hundreds of classic-car
enthusiasts could stroll down
memory lane with over 100
vintage automobiles to enjoy.
From muscle cars to road-
sters to rat rods to hot rods,
there was something for
everyone’s taste. Highly pol-
ished engines that gleamed
and a rainbow of colored
paint that shimmered kept
enthusiasts busy all day
searching for their favorites
among the best.
“We have more cars here
this year than last, which is a
nice surprise since Prineville
is having their car show,” said
Jeri Buckmann, Sisters Area
Chamber of Commerce event
coordinator. “And I’d say that
30 percent of the cars have
never been here before which
is great. With SPRD’s Buried
Beef & Brew going on in con-
junction with the car show it’s
a win-win situation.”
PRE-SORTED STANDARD
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U.S. POSTAGE PAID
Sisters, OR
Permit No. 15
By Jim cornelius
News Editor
on a Black 1966 Chevy
Chevelle Super Sport owned
A stream crossing consid-
ered vital by nearby property
owners and managers has
been preserved in a Forest
Service decision on a project
to restore Indian Ford Creek.
The Indian Ford Creek
Restoration Project Decision
Notice was released by
Sisters District Ranger Kristie
Miller last week. The proj-
ect will restore aspen stands,
wet meadows, fish passage
and riparian habitat along the
creek northwest of Sisters.
The Forest Service decided
not to decommission Forest
Road 2058 (the far northern
extension of Pine Street) due
to concerns over access to pri-
vate property and prime bird-
ing areas.
See Glory DAze on page 24
See creek on page 28
photo by Jerry baldock
Butch Steele of Grants Pass proudly displays his Best of Show 1934 DeSoto Airflow.
Attention to detail is an
important factor not only for
the classic car hobbyist, but
for the enthusiast as well.
Classic car enthusiast Frank
Wells and his buddies from
Redmond checked out the
details of the custom engine
Business owners highly Mule deer diseases on the rise
satisfied with City
By Jim Anderson
Correspondent
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Eighty-nine percent of
Sisters business owners are
satisfied with the services pro-
vided by the City, 57 percent
being very satisfied and 32
percent somewhat satisfied.
This finding is accord-
ing to preliminary results of
a survey that was included in
the 2015/16 business license
renewal. As of July 16, 143
business owner surveys have
been returned to the City. The
purpose of the survey is to
give business owners another
vehicle for voicing their sat-
isfaction and/or concerns
Inside...
regarding the services pro-
vided to them by the City and
to give the City an accurate
picture of how they are doing
with the business community.
The three most important
issues and services to business
owners, ranked as very impor-
tant or somewhat important,
are: snow removal from pub-
lic rights-of-way 93 percent;
street and storefront beautifi-
cation 93 percent; and avail-
able parking in the downtown
area 90 percent.
The level of satisfaction
with the City’s performance
followed the same trend with
See SAtISfIeD on page 21
Last week a woman
walked into The Nugget office
and reported she was seeing
fewer mule deer does with
fawns in the area where she
lives east of Sisters. She con-
tacted the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)
— and wondered if others in
Sisters Country had the same
concerns.
According to Cory Heath,
wildlife biologist for ODFW,
this has, indeed, been a poor
year for fawn survival. The
reason is a growing threat
from what appears to be ade-
noviruses, aka AHD.
This disease is in a small
group of viruses that can
photo by Jim anderson
yep, they’re looking good, but they may not make it to hunting season.
infect a wide variety of ani-
mals, both wild and domestic,
and for some unknown reason
is running rampant through
our mule deer right now.
AHD virus of deer was
See Mule Deer on page 30
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Sisters Salutes .................. 6 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Business at Glance........... 19 Classifieds ..................26-28
Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Obituaries ....................... 18 Crossword ....................... 23 Real Estate .................28-32